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Lindsay Anderson - what members say

This Sporting Life review by Zamy from London

Great film 4 April 2005
...er who is brutal on and off the field seems even better with the passing years. Lindsay Anderson does not film a single weak scene and the black and white images just look grea... Read customer review

Britannia Hospital review by from Manchester

Rule Britannia! 5 July 2004
...years ago, and I was jolted from the idea very quickly. This is the third in Lindsay Anderson's loose trilogy (linked by their satire on the British establishment and the pr... Read customer review

If.... review by A customer from london

A REAL 60'S CLASSIC... 13 September 2005
...IF.... director Lindsay Anderson insisted on the four dots. a classic of the sixties. this film blew my class of 14 year old lads away in the mid seventies when it was shown... Read customer review

Lindsay Anderson - filmography

Never Apologize on DVD (2007)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Lindsay Anderson, Alan Bates
Director: Mike E. Kaplan
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The documentary of Malcolm McDowell's celebration of Lindsay Anderson, their times and their colleagues, is a unique hybrid of film, theater and literature. Directed by Mike Kaplan, whose friendship with McDowell began on Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and who produced Anderson's last ..read more »

59% from 275 members

The Whales of August (1987)
Starring: Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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An eloquent rendition of David Berry's play about two aging sisters living out their final years together. A tender and heart-warming look at the delicate process of growing old.

54% from 33 members
Currently unavailable

Britannia Hospital (1982)
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Joan Plowright
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Director Lindsay Anderson and screenwriter David Sherwin continue their story of Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), who played the rebellious school boy in the 1969 film IF and the go-getter coffee salesman in the 1973 film O LUCKY MAN! In BRITANNIA HOSPITAL, Mick Travis is now an undercover ..read more »

57% from 645 members
Not currently released

Chariots Of Fire on DVD (1981)
Starring: Ben Cross, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson
Director: Hugh Hudson
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Director Hugh Hudson's absorbing drama, based on a true story, deals with the personal struggles faced by two very different long-distance runners competing for Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) is a devout Christian who sees victory as a testament to the glory ..read more »

66% from 3,786 members

In Celebration on DVD (1975)
Starring: Brian Cox, Alan Bates, Bill Owen
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Made as part of the 'American Film Theatre' in which plays were filmed and then shown at the cinema. This is the story of an English family and their gathering together for the parents' wedding anniversary. Three grown sons argue while Mum wanders about aimlessly and Dad waits for the next crisis.

63% from 166 members

O Lucky Man! on DVD (1973)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, Ralph Richardson
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the ..read more »

71% from 1,104 member

Home (1971)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Mona Washbourne, John Gielgud
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Two irrepressible legends of the British stage lend elegance, wit and pathos to this touching and tender play about the fragility of mind and the strength of the human spirit. Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson are among the small congregation of ageing residents whiling away a breezy ..read more »

56% from 122 members
Not currently released

If.... on DVD (1968)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, David Wood
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Rebellious students at an English private school plan a violent revolt against their repressive environment in director Lindsay Anderson's highly acclaimed but extremely controversial drama. Centering on a small group of non-conformists led by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the film paints a ..read more »

70% from 5,522 members

This Sporting Life (1963)
Starring: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Certificate:
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Adapted from David Storey's novel of the same title, THIS SPORTING LIFE is a gritty, unblinking look at life in the coal mining region of Northern England as seen through the eyes of Frank Machin. Richard Harris gives a remarkable performance as Machin, a proud man who wants to quit his job as a ..read more »

67% from 1,946 member
Not currently released

The Pleasure Garden on DVD (1953)
Starring: hattie Jacques, Hattie Jacques, John Le Mesurier
Director: James Broughton
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Filmed amongst the ruins of the Crystal Palace Gardens The Pleasure Garden tells of the efforts of Colonel Pall to suppress romance and free expression, and his battle against the Fairy Godmother who is a champion of lovers, artists and the Pleasure Principle. Starring British stalwarts John Le ..read more »

51% from 32 members

Every Day Except Christmas
Starring: Alun Owen
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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"Every Day Except Christmas" spends 24 hours in the company of those at Covent Garden market, revealing the average day of the working classes there.

75% from 20 members
Not available for rental

Lindsay Anderson facts

5 most recent films

Never Apologize - 3.0 stars
The Whales of August - 3.0 stars
Britannia Hospital - 3.0 stars
Chariots Of Fire - 3.5 stars
In Celebration - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

O Lucky Man! - 3.5 stars
If.... - 3.5 stars
This Sporting Life - 3.5 stars
Chariots Of Fire - 3.5 stars
In Celebration - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Pleasure Garden - 2.5 stars
The Whales of August - 3.0 stars
Every Day Except Christmas - 4.0 stars
Home - 3.0 stars
Britannia Hospital - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rachel Roberts - 6 times - show films
Arthur Lowe - 6 times - show films
Malcolm McDowell - 6 times - show films
Graham Crowden - 4 times - show films
Mona Washbourne - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mike E. Kaplan - 2 times - show films
Hugh Hudson - 1 times - show films
James Broughton - 1 times - show films